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Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189; John Noorthouck (1773) 'Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark, pp. 889–893. Caroline M. Barron (n.d.) 'London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200–1500'
Pages in category "16th-century lord mayors of London" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A prime mover in the development was Sir Edward Barkham, lord mayor 1621-1622, whose eldest daughter Elizabeth had married Sir John Garrard's son John in 1611. Another benefactor was Sir Thomas Rowe. The church was new-built to accommodate the inhabitants of "The Duke's Place", who had formerly resorted to the old St Katherine Christchurch nearby.
He was elected to his first term as Lord Mayor in 1525, and to a second term in 1535. [2] He was later chosen to join the Privy Council of King Henry VIII . [ 3 ] He was one of the principal benefactors of the 16th-century rebuilding of the Hospital of St Thomas of Acre , where he was later interred. [ 4 ]
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign [1] and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.
Sir George Bolles or Bolle (died 1 September 1621) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1617. Bolles was from Gosberton in Lincolnshire. [1] He became a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He was a member of the committee of the East India Company from 1602 to 1607, and was Master of the ...
Sir Richard can be seen wearing the insignia of the Lord Mayor of London. In the plinth are the figures of their sixteen children. Saltonstall's wife Suzanna was an aunt of the translator Adrian Poyntz, who dedicated his New and singular patternes & workes of linnen (London, 1591) and Treasure of the Soule (London, 1596) to her and Richard ...
Sir John Harte (active 1575 – January 1604) was a 16th-century English merchant who was one of the principal founders of the English East India Company as well as a Lord Mayor of London. [1] He was a native of Kilburn who became a grocer in the city of London. [2]